Brown University mass shooting
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Last Saturday, two people were killed and nine others wounded at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, after a gunman dressed in black entered the Ivy League school's engineering building during final exams and began firing.
Gov. Dan McKee (D-RI) expanded safety precautions in Rhode Island schools on Monday, as the state reels from the shooting at Brown University that left two students dead. The governor ordered a sweeping review of school security in both K-12 and higher education.
Professor Rachel Friedberg confirmed to other media outlets that the attack occurred during a review session for her principles of economics class. A Brown student on TikTok explained that the shots were fired in Room 166, one of the large auditorium-style lecture halls on the first floor of the seven-floor Barus & Holley building at 184 Hope St.